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Christina McLennan Diary, 1883-1888

Christina McLennan 1883-88 Diary 34.pdf

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July 1883
  
 
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   <td>12</td>
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   <td>Orangemans day, this is Duncans birth day, he is pulling daisies out of the meadows on Pegons farm</td>
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   <td>13</td>
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   <td>Friday Social in St Hall. Children practising pieces. I baked a few cakes, and done some other work and my foot is pretty sore I am putting vinegar and wormwood on to it, frst it was cold water then Magnetic ointment then high {wines and woomers?} now vinear and wormwood.
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for social</td>
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.10</td>
 
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   <td>14</td>
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   <td>Rained last night. Pa and boys will finish the daisy today</td>
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   <td>15</td>
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   <td>Sunday fine and sunshine and cool hundreds of birds in our garden the children were in church Miss Chisholm & Mrs Burton were at our house I got another cure salt water as hot as I can bear it
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raining a little</td>
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   <td>16</td>
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   <td>Rained last night fine day. Pa & Murdy began to shingle the Post Office. Alick Stoof is cutting our meadows he is getting the hay and weeds
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Pa bought at Gadboe's 7 lbs codfish & shingle nails</td>
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.56</td>
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  <td>17</td>
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  <td>Fine I am hobbling pretty well today churned before breakfast and put the dough in the pans. forenoon picked the currants.</td>
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{On the left hand side, newspaper clipping have been pasted with date November 27. one article is dated Alexandria Wed. Nov. 1886}.}

July 1883

12 Orangemans day, this is Duncans birth day, he is pulling daisies out of the meadows on Pegons farm
13 Friday Social in St Hall. Children practising pieces. I baked a few cakes, and done some other work and my foot is pretty sore I am putting vinegar and wormwood on to it, frst it was cold water then Magnetic ointment then high {wines and woomers?} now vinear and wormwood.


for social




.10
14 Rained last night. Pa and boys will finish the daisy today
15 Sunday fine and sunshine and cool hundreds of birds in our garden the children were in church Miss Chisholm & Mrs Burton were at our house I got another cure salt water as hot as I can bear it raining a little
16 Rained last night fine day. Pa & Murdy began to shingle the Post Office. Alick Stoof is cutting our meadows he is getting the hay and weeds


Pa bought at Gadboe's 7 lbs codfish & shingle nails



.56
17 Fine I am hobbling pretty well today churned before breakfast and put the dough in the pans. forenoon picked the currants.
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